The World Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis: A Manuscript’s Journey from Saint-Denis to St. Pancras

Daniel Williman; Karen Corsano

Published by Medieval Institute Publications 2020

The World Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis

A Manuscript’s Journey from Saint-Denis to St. Pancras

Daniel Williman and Karen Corsano

Volume 28 in the series Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501510014

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The core of this book is the life story of a manuscript codex, British Library Royal MS 13 E IV: the Latin Chronicle (from the Creation to 1300) of Guillaume de Nangis, copied in the abbey library of St-Denis-en-France. The authors shed new light on the production process, identifying the illuminator of the Royal MS and naming the scribe. Detailed evidence links the codex to important events in history, such as the Council of Constance, and famous actors like Jean de France, duc de Berry, Sigismund of Luxembourg, Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, and Henry VIII, to name a few. The authors show how it traveled from one capital to the other, narrating the entire life and interesting times of this codex. Another dimension of this study accounts for all twenty-two copies of the Chronicle, now scattered in nine cities from London to Vienna, placing each one in a scrupulously drawn stemma codicum and sketching its history.

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Daniel Williman and Karen Corsano, Licentiates in Medieval Studies of the Pontifical Institute, Toronto, Canada.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Part I: The Text of the World Chronicle and its Dissemination
Chapter 1. The Latin World Chronicle (1300) of Guillaume de Nangis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. Applied Philology and the Descent of 22 Manuscript Copies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 3. Stories of Some Possessors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 4. British Library Royal Manuscript 13 E IV Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Part II: The French and English Lives of the Royal Manuscript
Chapter 5 Creation of the Royal Manuscript at Saint-Denis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 6 The Royal Manuscript in Paris, 1400–1416 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 7 Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of the Romans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 8 To the Chapel of St. George, Windsor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter 9 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Chapter 10 In the Library of Henry VIII Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter 11 In the British Royal Library Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Appendices
A Latin Excerpts from BL Royal 13 E IV Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
B Arguments in the Rouleau de Saint-Denis, based on the Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis, submitted to the Parlement de Paris, 1410 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
C Historical References by Guillaume Fillastre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
D Privy Purse Warrants for the Books of Henry VIII Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
E Wanted: The Leaves Missing from BL Royal 13 E IV Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Audience: Scholars of Medieval Studies, Valois France, Tudor England, Latin Studies, Literary Studies, Codicology, History of Books.
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 232
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 44
- Tables: 33
Keywords: Latin Chronicle; History of Books; Duc de Berry; Emperor Sigismund; Henry VIII

eBook

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9781501510014

Hardcover

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9781501518713